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VISUALLY INTERFACED COMPUTER-ASSISTED ANESTHESIA RECORD

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 13891
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1990
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
10 Martel Ln
Williston, VT 05495
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Christopher R Chase
 (802) 878-3004
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Abstract

THE COMPUTERIZED ANESTHESIA RECORD HAS BEEN STRONGLY ADVOCATED AS A METHOD OF INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY, ACCURACY, PRESENTATION, AND TREND IDENTIFICATION OF PATIENT DATA, THEREBY INCREASING PATIENT SAFETY. REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THE COMPUTER-USER INTERFACE HAVE STOPPED WIDESPREAD USE. INNOVATION, INC.S', OBJECTIVES ARE TO: (1) DEVELOP A GRAPHICS-BASED, VISUALLY INTERFACED COMPUTER-ASSISTED ANESTHESIA RECORD (VISI-CAARE); (2) QUANTITATIVELY DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS USER INTERFACE IS SUCCESSFUL; AND 93) DEMONSTRATE THAT VISI-CAARE INCREASES PHYSICIAN VIGILANCE AND PATIENT CARE. IN PHASE I, A SIMULATION OF VISI-CAARE IS PLANNED. A METHODOLOGY WILL BE USED TO QUANTITATIVELY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE USER INTERFACE IS APPROPRIATELY DESIGNED OR IDENTIFY PORTIONS THAT ARE NOT. A PLAN FOR THE PHASE II SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT OF VISI-CAARE WILL THEN BE ESTABLISHED, AND A MODEL OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST VIGILANCE WILL FURTHER BE DEVELOPED. BASED ON THE MODEL, PRELIMINARY DATA ON ANESTHESIOLOGIST VIGILANCE WILL BE OBTAINED. THIS INFORMATION WILL BE USED IN DEVELOPING THE CLINICAL TRIAL OFVISI-CAARE IN PHASE II.

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